Miller v. Gulf Life Insurance Co.

ON REHEARING GRANTED

J. A. Fitzsimmons, for appellant.

G. E. Farrington and Otis Farrington, LeRoy Collins and Ausley, Collins and Ausley, for appellees.

SEBRING, J.:

This case is now before the court on a rehearing.

From the record, it appears that Gilbert John Higgins, a single man, died intestate, leaving a policy of life insurance payable to his estate. Soon after its issuance, he made a parole gift of the policy to his fiancee, Edrie V. Strickland. She accepted delivery of the policy, reimbursed assured for premiums paid thereafter, and retained the policy in her exclusive possession until…